Low calorie dosen't mean no calorie! I'm diabetic and count carbs and not sugar. My diet allows me a certain number of carbs per day and you just need to count the carbs of this beverage if you choose to make it a part of your total allowance. 10 calories in 8oz is 15 for the entire can which is by far lower than the 120 calories found in a can of regular soda. You'd have to drink 8 cans of Diet Crush to consume the same amount of calories in one can of sugar/or HFCS sweetened soda.

Hi ShenB, I am diabetic as well and I am on an insulin pump. I count carbs as well and learned a long time ago not to torture myself when it comes to something sweet. I just count the carbs and go with it.

Clay, you are right about assuming no sugar but at the sametime I have learned to count the carbs and just kind of roll with it.

My doctor actually told me he would rather I have real sugar then HFCS... he said the long term affects of it were no better than sugar. Besides, real sugar tastes so much better.

DLnWPBrownMy doctor actually told me he would rather I have real sugar then HFCS... he said the long term affects of it were no better than sugar. Besides, real sugar tastes so much better.

Out of the various anti-HFCS rumors, there appear to be two that have more backing than others. The first is that, at least in rats, it has been shown not to stimulate the mechanism by which the body tells the mind that it has eaten enough, which can lead to those who eat based on feel rather than intellectually watching what they eat to gain weight.

The second, which concerns me more, is that, once again in animal testing, as human testing has not yet been done, it appears that HFCS causes the release of insulin, but is not recognized by the cells as requiring insulin, possibly leading to insulin resistance syndrome (and certainly not making it any better). As a borderline diabetic, I choose not to take the chance.

Certainly, I have a problem with ANYTHING containing HFCS being labeled as "diet".

Since that ingredient list was on a supermarket's web site, I decided to do a little fact checking. Several bloggers on the Internet confirm that Diet Orange Crush contains HFCS. These bloggers also went WTF?????? However, it seems no one has ever contacted the manufacturer, the Dr. Pepper/Snapple group, about it:http://www.drpeppersnapplegroup.com/brands/crush

This is one of those familiarity-breeds-contempt situations. I don't remember any big time pop manufacturer putting sugar or HFCS into DIET pop since the time cyclamates were banned, and the only sweetener out there was saccharin. I think some makers did do a blend back then.

If they had any decency, they would put a label on it that reads: Diabetics: Contains HFCS.

Speaking of Crush, it is almost impossible to find grape Crush anymore. I managed to find it in one location, in glass bottles too, but no where else. I can find Nu-Grape right next to Orange Crush and wonder if they have stopped selling the Grape Crush in lieu of Nu-Grape.